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听力文本
South Korean President Park Geun-hye is facing mounting pressure to step down.
韩国总统朴槿惠正面临越来越多的压力要求其下台。
More than 800,000 demonstrators marched in the capital to protest allegations that she let a friend meddle in state affairs.
超过80万名示威者走上首都街头抗议朴槿惠让朋友干涉国家事务。
Saturday's rally in downtown Seoul was the largest so far in a crisis engulfing Park.
周六首尔市中心的集会是目前为止朴槿惠陷入的最大危机。
Students, and families including young couples pushing strollers and protesters in wheelchairs were among the crowd during the peaceful march,
学生和家庭，包括年轻的夫妇推者婴儿车，以及坐着轮椅的抗议者参加了和平游行，
which contrasted with the violence of some previous rallies dominated by militant unions and civic groups that clashed with police.
这与以前一些由激进工会和公民团体主导的与警方发生冲突的暴力集会形成对比。
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词汇解析
1、protest
抗议；提出异议；反对
Groups of women took to the streets to protest against the arrests.
成群结队的妇女上街抗议逮捕行动。
The students were protesting at overcrowding in the university hostels.
学生们在抗议大学宿舍过于拥挤。
申辩；申明
When we tried to protest that Mo was beaten up they didn't believe us.
我们试图申明莫遭到了毒打，他们却不相信我们。
I never said any of that to her, he protested.
“我从来没有对她那么说过，”他申辩道。
申明；声明；断言
That was how she usually dealt with their protests that she was spoiling her grandchildren.
当他们坚持说她是在溺爱孙儿，她通常会作出那样的回应。
2、contrast
差异;差别;悬殊
the contrast between town and country.
城乡差别
The two visitors provided a startling contrast in appearance.
这两位访客的外表截然不同。
相比之下;与…相反
The private sector, by contrast, has plenty of money to spend.
相比之下，私营部门就有很多钱可供开销。
In contrast, the lives of girls in well-to-do families were often very sheltered.
相反，生活在富裕家庭的女孩子通常都备受呵护。
与…截然不同;与…对比鲜明
His public statements have always been in marked contrast to those of his son.
他和他儿子在公开场合的言论总是截然不同。
That is in stark contrast to the situation during the 1970 oil crisis.
那和1970年石油危机时的情形完全不同。
